130 years ago today - Jan 19, 1887

John Taylor has $40,000 removed from the First Presidency's safe to bribe influenctial members of Congress to oppose the Edmunds-Tucker bills and to support Utah statehood.

[Source: The Mormon Hierarchy - Extensions of Power by D. Michael Quinn, [New Mormon History database (http://bit.ly/NMHdatabase)]]

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